{"id":223451,"date":"2026-02-09T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T07:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=223451"},"modified":"2026-02-10T16:45:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:45:20","slug":"when-gang-starr-took-over-holland-in-1991","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/when-gang-starr-took-over-holland-in-1991\/","title":{"rendered":"When Gang Starr Took Over Holland in 1991"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4oakWTuQnqE?si=Nb6mLr2W-M_txsWx\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gang Starr <\/strong>were in Holland in 1991 touring and promoting their second, phenomenal LP &#8220;Step In The Arena.&#8221; The visit included a live performance and an interview on Dutch national radio. <strong>Guru\u2019s<\/strong> voice was clear and focused, while <strong>DJ Premier<\/strong> kept it super tight on the decks. It\u2019s a rare glimpse of classic hip-hop in real time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"223452\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/when-gang-starr-took-over-holland-in-1991\/gang-starr-live-in-holland-91\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gang-Starr-Live-in-Holland-91.avif\" data-orig-size=\"686,386\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Gang Starr Live in Holland &amp;#8217;91\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gang-Starr-Live-in-Holland-91.avif\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-223452\" src=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gang-Starr-Live-in-Holland-91-540x304.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gang-Starr-Live-in-Holland-91-540x304.avif 540w, https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gang-Starr-Live-in-Holland-91.avif 686w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gang Starr were in Holland in 1991 touring and promoting their second, phenomenal LP &#8220;Step&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","category-dig-of-the-day"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-W83","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223451\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}